Warhammer (with the models and everything)

Have never got what the genstealer cults are really. Are they largely human or are they some sort of hybrid spliced with 'nid DNA?

IIRC, a solitary Genestealer arrives on an inhabited world and gets to work implanting it's genes in the population (essentially sticks it's long tongue down into the stomachs of it's targets). These folk procreate, spreading their altered genes to their partners and their kids are born as hybrids (the first generation are pretty gnarly, with large heads and extra arms, etc, which the parents feel an overwhelming urge to love and protect, so hide them away - often forming hidden communes around the original Genestealer. These kids have kids of their own etc, and by the fourth generation can pass for hairless humans quite easily. The generation born after that is a purestrain Genestealer, which continues to infiltrate the population and the cycle starts again.

The original 'Stealer gets huge and becomes psychically attuned to it's 'family', who would die to protect it. Generations pass, and the cult grows, until they have enough numbers to attempt to overthrow the governing power of the planet. This activity sets off a psychic beacon that attracts the nearest Tyranid hive fleet, who turn up and basically liquidate everything (the cult included, excluding the purestrains who join the hive) into biomass.

It's sinister and creepy and you kind of feel a tiny bit sorry for them when, after centuries of planning to meet their gods, the 'star children' turn up to 'save them' and they all end up as soup

I really like the look and lore of Genestealer cults (as brilliantly explained by Zyrr) and have been tempted to get the starter set, but in reality it'll just be another box on my Pile of Shame which I'll never get to build, let alone paint or play with...

I always fancied converting a cult to a Cthulhu cult army as I have a Cthulhu model that's approximately 40K scale.

After your earlier abomimation I'm a bit scared

Doing good. Recently hit 2k on 'nids and I'm enjoying spending every free moment painting minis.

Also got a 3d printer under the tree to open next week so I'm slowly building up a backlogue of stl's to print off

Lovely stuff! What’s in the kit?

This is the one - www.amazon.com/Airbrush-Professional-Master-Airbrushing-Primary/dp/B00GYHVDBS/ref=asc_df_B00GYHVDBS/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=198061515308&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2400215404865570136&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9029596&hvtargid=pla-350109774921&th=1

I'll see how I get on with it and upgrade to a Badger or something if I manage to be better than cack-handed.

We both can't be arsed with wrapping things and waiting until Christmas Day. We're traditionalists like that.

Sprues before hues

Great! It looks ideal as a starter and no reason it can’t keep going for a long time. Advantage to the 3 brushes is you can keep one for a specific task like varnishing or bae coating.
The compressor doesnt look like it’s got a tank on it, so it will always be running but that’s no great hardship. It has a moisture trap which will be very good for you out in the swamps

Well here's a pleasant surprise. After nearly 9 months of denying its very existence, GW finally does something with Cursed City.

www.warhammer-community.com/2021/12/20/cursed-city-resurrected/

Yeah, just saw that - I'll be getting that after just missing out last time - really like the figures but didn't fancy forking out for them when they released a selection of the baddies. The whole thing was handled pretty poorly really, a good example of how not to do something..

Just ordered the new Stormcast Battletome. Hoping for some vouchers from the in-laws towards the new Sigmar Core Book. It will aid me to never getting round to painting anything